Word: mafia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kennedy case -where questions and speculation continue. Two violent conflicts also are dissected: one in Northern Ireland and the other on the Sino-Soviet border. As always, crime is very much on everyone's mind, and the cover story, written by Gerald Clarke, explores the influence of the Mafia in virtually every facet of U.S. life...
...Valachi Papers). Organized crime is no longer quite the mystery that it was. It is a vast, sprawling underground domain impossible to trace fully; but there is no longer any doubt that its most important part, its very nucleus, is La Cosa Nostra (LCN), otherwise known as the Mafia...
...Mafia," literally, means swank, or dolled up, but it probably derives from a Sicilian term meaning beauty or pride. In the context of crime, Mafia applies to the older, strictly Sicilian element of the Mob. "La Cosa Nostra," or Our Thing, is a broader term that means the modern American-born organization...
SUMMER FOCUS (ABC, 8-9 p.m.). Crime in the streets of Washington, D.C., Mafia activities in Buffalo and campus disturbances at Harvard are the focal point for this report on "The Violent Americans...
...Decisions. The board's proposals must now be approved by the 1,366 members of the exchange and by the Securities and Exchange Commission. And if approval is granted, the exchange must find a way to prevent disruptive takeovers of member firms by speculators, or even by the Mafia. Another problem is that many of the smaller firms will have a hard time selling their securities in competition with the big brokerage houses, and some are likely to fold for lack of capital. The smaller firms, which have relatively high overhead, also stand to be hurt by volume discounts...